Hello, crafty friends! Welcome to the Altenew’s 2nd anniversary blog hop. If you came from the Pretty Pink Posh’s blog, you are right on track. This is a three day event with tons of inspiration and amazing PRIZES!
To celebrate the Altenew’s 2nd anniversary, I created a watercolor card with floral background. I used the flower images from Altenew’s stamp sets: Wild Hibiscus and Botanical Garden. Then I watercolored them with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.
Last weekend I went on the Altenew retreat to New York, and I had some fun crop night with Tasnim Ahmed and Jennifer Rzasa. Jen showed me some tips on watercoloring as I was struggling with this card. She asked me to let the paint dry before adding more color to the image. I think it worked so well for today’s card.
I’m absolutely happy with how my card turned out. Since I’ve started watercoloring, this is the best card I made. Hope you love my card as well. 🙂
I made a video tutorial to show you how I created my watercolor card. You can watch the video here or in HD on YouTube. Hope you find it helpful.
How to Make a Floral Background Card using Watercoloring
- Stamp the images from Wild Hibiscus and Botanical Garden with Ranger Archival black ink on a piece of Arches cold pressed watercolor paper. (Make sure to use a waterproof ink.)
- Watercolor the images using Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 color set.
- Mount the watercolor panel on a A2 sized top folding card using foam tape.
- Stamp ‘Celebrate’ from Super Script with watermark ink, heat emboss it using gold embossing powder, die cut it with coordinating die and adhere it on the card front using foam tape
- Stamp the sentiment from Label Love with black ink and adhere it below the die cut.
- Finish off the card with some gold metallic thread and Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
Altenew’s Special Offers
- First 100 orders : 1 free mini stamp set (Starting April 7th at 9:00 AM EST)
- Orders over $75 : 1 free mini stamp set (Now through Sunday, April 10, 2016)
Giveaways
Leave comments along the way for the opportunity to win one of THREE prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew! There are 8 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
- WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
- Simon Says Stamp : $30 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
- Ellen Hutson : $50 Gift Certificate
- Freckled Fawn : Gypsy Kit valued at $27
- My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
- StampNation : Three 3 Month Subscriptions
Be sure to leave comments on each stop by Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win. 13 winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the hop list and will be announced on the Altenew blog on Apr 14th.
It is now time to head on over to the amazingly talented Iwona Palamountain’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. But I’ve got the entire hop list for you below. Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
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Jul . 16 . 2016Margarita
Love this card!! I want all the Altenew products!! (My husband won’t approve)
Apr . 18 . 2016Rebecca Griffith
May, “You Rock” Your card is gorgeous!
Apr . 12 . 2016Naomi Sams
Love the bright colours you used =)
Apr . 12 . 2016Shannon Camp
Beautiful card. Great job watercolor inch!
Apr . 12 . 2016Lori Hefner
Beautiful card and I love the colors you chose! Thank you so much for sharing!
Apr . 12 . 2016Monia
It’s a very happy card!!!
Apr . 12 . 2016Jennifer
The coloring is STUNNING!
Apr . 12 . 2016Karen Wood
Beautiful card! The colors are so lovely!
Apr . 12 . 2016Heather Hoffman
WOW! This is one stunning card! LOVE the colors and layers!
Apr . 12 . 2016Heather Hoffman
WOW! This is one stunning card! LOVE the colors and layers!
Apr . 12 . 2016Karen Rice
What a beautiful job you do water coloring! You should be proud! Thanks for the video, too!
Apr . 12 . 2016Dorthy Barber
One of my favorite ways to color is with watercolor, so your card really appealed to me. Nicely done!
Apr . 12 . 2016cheryl goshorn
WOW so pretty
Apr . 12 . 2016tomandmiriam
This card is amazing! The colors are gorgeous! Thank you for the inspiration!
Apr . 12 . 2016Kate B
Absolutely beautiful card – I love the watercoloring!!
Apr . 12 . 2016Sue Wareham
Beautiful card May Love Altenew stamps want to try their inks as well
Apr . 12 . 2016wirianta
May, this card is simply stunning! Love the overall design.
Apr . 12 . 2016Kanan Pandya
Love your card with all the soft colors. Beautiful .:-)
Apr . 12 . 2016Trisha
Love it. Thanks for the chance.
Apr . 12 . 2016Lea
Beautiful cards.
Apr . 12 . 2016Charlene Yount Runge
Such lovely stamping and watercoloring. I also love the thread accents. Thank you for the gorgeous card.
Apr . 12 . 2016Kathy BM
Gorgeous card! Love your style and how you have showcased the stamps.
Apr . 12 . 2016Tatyana Cectri4ka
Lovely card!!! Thanks for watercolour tutorial!
Apr . 12 . 2016